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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Horticulture Garden Show, Hortikultura 2017, is ongoing at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City, Philippines from 3-15 February 2017. It is sponsored by the Philippine Horticultural Society, Inc. This is an annual show that features landscape and flower arrangement exhibits as well as commercial booths. There was also on the spot painting contest that i saw last Saturday. I have been a regular visitor to these garden shows, and this year i stayed there for 2 days last weekend. I was with a friend and it was also a time to bond with plant enthusiasts and hobbyists. We also attended lectures of my two friends way back from the university. They are both plant breeders, so i also learned from their lectures.

In the past garden shows i normally go there mostly to take photos. This time i somehow forgot my camera in the bag. I just used my celfone and did not take a lot of photos as before. Now i wish i had taken photos of the more organized and more artistic arrangements of the commercial booths. Moreover, there are a lot more booths that participated. A nearby street is closed for the additional commercial booths not accomodated in the original enclosure. Also the center walkway in the original commercial booth area was widened, and a centralized overhead netting was installed for the plants. It was a better experience this time than the previous shows. It provided better ventilation for the people traffic, and much easier experience in appreciating the plants and flowers. PHSI needs a well deserved congratulations.

I am sorry for the quality of my photos, as it was very hot at about noon when i took these shots.

one of the landscape exhibits showcasing mostly bromeliads

my favorite landscape design because of the elevated bridge crossing a supposedly canal

This is also very attractive showcasing the airplants. I love how they used those ducks as focal points.

...and look at those lovely colored Tilandsia ionantha on the duck's head!

a pair of this planter was outside the door to the lecture hall

this orchid attracted my attention as i saw it for the first time, sorry i forgot to look at the name tag

of course this is the pride of the country, our very own waling-waling, Vanda sanderiana

an oncidium species well located for that trunk as background

i also love the color of this chrysanthemum, i didn't take photos of other colors, just this

another tilandsia as part of a big clump on a big driftwood, i purposely took only these two

I am sorry Lorraine, those are just a few of the exhibits and the show. I was then too lazy to take photos, not even shooting those which got the prizes, i just took those with my personal interest. An Orchid Show will be next month, that is another story. Thanks for dropping by.

Some beautiful gardens. They look so unusual to me, not being used to those plants. The orchids are amazing. That first one is very unusual. I can't say it is beautiful like some of the others, but I have never seen anything like it. I am missing seeing flowers and foliage at the moment. The leaves are off the trees and all of the plants have died back in our flower beds. Hopefully the first bulbs will be flowering soon, though.

We have truly different sets of plant world, it is amazing how a few plants thrive in both. Just like pansies, which i only see in photos, i wonder why i like them very much to have cross-stitched a lot of them. So the first time i saw them in person in Sweden i was trully smitten. And then there was this snowdrops which i don't know, the first time i saw them in a trip to the mountain in Turkey i really am so amazed. OMG they are so beautiful.

If you are like us where these plants are there all year, most of them, you might take them for granted. But they are really amazing to the eyes of the westerners because they live continuously.

Andrea, you are so right. We have some amazing flowers here. Pansies are one of my favourites, particularly the wild field pansies. The gloomy winter days, with no flowers make us appreciate the first bulbs of the spring - aconites, crocuses, snow drops, tulips and daffodils. I am sure if I lived somewhere hot I would miss them. However, it must be amazing to live in countries where there are flowers and particularly butterflies all year round!!

Hello Andrea..thank you for your comment about my late blogger friend. You feel as though you know someone that you meet as a blogger and it is sad to lose them....Wow..this is the perfect post for me as it is snowing now...Beautiful blooms and garden ideas. I will be so happy to get back to my garden in a couple of months...Michelle

Of course Michelle, we always pray for someone who already ascended to the Lord. I think i've read already maybe more than 5. Arija is one of the admins in one meme, if i remember right. I read also some who are sick and need prayers, sometimes i am a bit closer to them because i always follow their posts. Thank you so much too Michelle for letting us know, and for hosting Nature Notes. Do you know Carol Duke, i haven't seen her post lately?

Your photos are lovely and I especially like the captures you got of the orchids and Tilandsia. I always enjoy seeing garden shows through another blogger's eyes and following along on you tour virtually has been delightful! We are covered under a blanket of snow right now, but I did capture some photos of winter blooms beforehand!

Enjoyed the duck sculptures with the flowery headresses -- very clever. All of the flowers are beautiful; many of them are similar to what we see here in Florida -- I guess we both live in sub-tropical climates although I think yours is probably more tropical. Anyway, just beautiful photos -- thanks for sharing.

Your climate in Florida is much-much better for gardenibng than oirs here, that is hot tropics. That's why I always tell my griends there that I envy their garden growths. Your te.mps are also lower because you are sub-tropic.

WELCOME!

You are welcome to my blog. Your comments, suggestions and/or advice are surely appreciated. I am from the Philippines, a hot tropical climate, and this blog is a mixture of travels, photos and a lot more from here and abroad. I hope you enjoy it.